By December 2009, Arkansas had already submitted its letter of intent to apply for RttT phase one. <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/intent-to-apply.html">http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/intent-to-apply.html</a> As part of RttT, states had to agree to four conditions, including to adopt standards and assessments that had not yet been released and build data systems that measure student growth and success. http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/i